The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.56° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.32° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.